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EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 21 MIN

Who's Buying the 2026 Midterms? The Top 5 PACs Flooding Congress with Cash

from The Lonely Liberal · host Nick Zenkin

The 2026 midterms are supposed to be a referendum on Trump. But while everyone's watching that fight, corporations and billionaires are quietly buying the outcome. Nick counts down the Top 5 PACs already flooding Congress with cash — from the GOP's traditional money machine all the way up to Trump's $304 million protection racket. Crypto has $300 million in the game. AI companies are targeting state legislatures. And the biggest player of all is a sitting president's personal war chest, funded by people who need something from the White House. This is what Citizens United was always going to produce.

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